independent variable

1. 1.

   (statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables

   Synonymsexperimental variable

   Broadervariable

   Narrowerfactor

   statistics

Questions about independent variable

What does independent variable mean?

independent variable means "(statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables".

What is another word for independent variable?

Close synonyms include experimental variable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is independent variable a common word?

independent variable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.